I had a friend who could do that. HAD a friend. posted by jenovus at 10:26 AM on March 13, 2006
Please tell me that is legal in tournament foosball.
(Actually, I've seen video of high-level players and it's crazy boring, but this is pretty neat.) posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:28 AM on March 13, 2006
If someone did that to me, I would hit them. posted by mert at 10:28 AM on March 13, 2006
YouTube has become the bane of teh internets.
Enough already, please. posted by jsavimbi at 10:32 AM on March 13, 2006
Rules everyone makes up as they go. THUMBSIES! posted by HTuttle at 10:36 AM on March 13, 2006
We used to have a house-rule in tournament foos that said if the ball left the playing field during the game, and you caught it, you won a point for your team. We video taped the finals at our company, and there's a great scene in the video where 3 of the 4 guys playing all lunge in the same direction. If you slow down the video, you can see the 4th guy slamming the ball as hard as he can, and then watching as it ricochets up into the air off of the backboard.
I'm not sure if it's legal or not, but if someone did that to me then I would probably get a technical foul for cursing (Rule 20). posted by jefbla at 11:13 AM on March 13, 2006
If you're good enough to consistently use that trick as an offensive weapon, you're probably in the same league as these these guys, in which case you might as well stick to your blindingly-fast snake shot. posted by mullacc at 11:21 AM on March 13, 2006
If you're good enough to consistently use that trick as an offensive weapon, you're probably in the same league as these these guys, in which case you might as well stick to your blindingly-fast snake shot. posted by mullacc at 11:24 AM on March 13, 2006
Can somebody explain to me why You Tube links are a problem?
Because it encourages lazy posts, like this.
I think a lazy post is a lazy post. I have no problem with You tube stuff as long as the subject matter is worth my time to look at. In other words, my time has very little value.. posted by sswiller at 11:26 AM on March 13, 2006
Lazy posts? Since when was effort required for "best of the web?" For the youtube haters, have you seen > this guy play the mario brother's theme song on two guitars !? Mad skillz I tell ya. posted by AllesKlar at 11:27 AM on March 13, 2006
You silly americans. The german term is Fußball, not foosball.
Sounds the same though. posted by jouke at 12:01 PM on March 13, 2006
Welcome to 2002. posted by justgary at 12:02 PM on March 13, 2006
Ahh, memories of university. Things got surprisingly heated back then. The trick in the video is tricky, but not that hard if you keep trying on a tornado table. On a garlando it's (almost) impossible. Easy to save though.
Some videos of people whom I was habitually whooped by: http://www.catzfoos.co.uk/videos.asp posted by Mossy at 12:48 PM on March 13, 2006
Ah, i remember now, check out g2g here: http://www.quebecfoos.com/en/ for air flicky garlando. posted by Mossy at 12:56 PM on March 13, 2006
Is it even possible to post something on Metafilter anymore without someone questioning its worthiness as a post? Or do people like the snark as much as they like the posts themselves? posted by chinese_fashion at 1:58 PM on March 13, 2006
"Is it even possible to post something on Metafilter anymore without someone questioning its worthiness as a post?"
You're frustration is laudable, even merited, but you may have expressed it in the wrong thread. This one is about a 13 second video of someone playing table football.
Of all the internet barrels, this is scraping one of the lower ones. posted by NinjaPirate at 2:44 PM on March 13, 2006
I saw this 25 years ago, and I'd bet it's still legal. It shouldn't be that hard to defend though, eh? In this video, the goalie isn't even trying. posted by mrgrimm at 3:23 PM on March 13, 2006
Ohhh, this is an old trick that was used by the greeks already. posted by joost at 7:30 PM on March 13, 2006
I have to say... this isn't videosift. I liked that little video, but this isn't the place to post things like this. posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:35 PM on March 13, 2006
i bow to the foosball masters. posted by Doorstop at 7:56 PM on March 13, 2006
jouke: You silly americans. The german term is Fußball, not foosball.
Stupid Dutchman, the double-s charcter is no longer legitimate Deutsch. :-P
(good catch though) posted by Goofyy at 3:22 AM on March 14, 2006
The german term is Fußball, not foosball.
Actually, everyone here calls it "kicker". They only call real Fußball Fußball.
And, ß is still optionally valid after long vowels :). posted by lastobelus at 9:37 AM on March 14, 2006
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